Oracle Loses Out to Musk’s Impatience

Elon Musk appears to be a firm believer in the saying “If you want something done right, do it yourself.” He signaled that today in a post on X, as he confirmed our scoop that his artificial intelligence startup, xAI, had decided to build its own AI data center rather than getting Oracle to do it.

Musk explained, “When our fate depends on being the fastest by far, we must have our own hands on the steering wheel.” As my colleague Anissa Gardizy reported, talks between Oracle and xAI had stalled over Musk’s demand that the facility be “built faster than Oracle thought possible” as well as Oracle’s concern that xAI wanted to build in a place that didn’t have access to enough power.